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Sustainable investing is changing global supply chains: 4 key takeaways

GreenBiz

In Taiwan, where I live and work, a large percentage of companies occupy an important position in the global economy as major suppliers of goods across the industrial spectrum. Sponsored Article. Photo courtesy of José Miguel Salazar.

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AllianceBernstein: Nurturing Nature - Why Investors Should Care About Biodiversity

3BL Media

Natural capital provides the building blocks that enable ecosystem services—the positive benefits that societies and economies derive from nature—to sustain life and create wealth. That’s why biodiversity loss alone could cost the global economy trillions of dollars in the coming years, in addition to trillions more related to climate change.

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COP27: A Breakthrough for People and Planet

3BL Media

DESCRIPTION: The 27th United Nations (UN) Conference of the Parties (COP), which took place this November in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, marked a significant milestone in developing action against climate change. Climate change inequality, contributors and sufferers, has been a key agenda item at COP for many years.

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Connecting the Blue Economy to the Arctic and Antarctic Oceans

3BL Media

But climate change is changing that profile. We are witnessing changing ocean chemistry – alterations in the chemical composition of oceans, primarily driven by human activities such as the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation. Ocean warming driven by climate change is a primary driver of ice melt.

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Geopolitical uncertainty, trade restrictions and divergence on AI ‘biggest risks’ to growth for global companies

Envirotec Magazine

Vulnerability calling for operational resilience: The geopolitical landscape is characterized by increasing vulnerability, driven by various factors such as rapid technological advancements, climate change, and geopolitical tensions. percent impact on global GDP.

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Analyzing Carbon Offset Markets’ role in our journey to a net-zero world

Carlos Sanchez

Carbon offset markets have always been complex and controversial instruments to fight climate change. We need to cut greenhouse emissions rapidly in this decade to avoid the catastrophic and unpredictable effects of climate change. The increase in climate ambition is pushing carbon offset markets prices up.

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What’s the True Cost of Your Food? True Price Incorporates Social and Environmental Impact

B the Change

To help these companies, Michel Scholte co-founded True Price , a Netherlands-based organization that aims to reduce food insecurity and shape a sustainable global economy through a pricing system that incorporates the cost of negative social and environmental impacts. “We We got to know each other.